A Reduction of Lanes sign warns that the right lane is ending ahead. What does the Florida manual tell drivers in the left lane to do?
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A.
Speed up to clear the merge area ahead of them
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B.
Allow the merging drivers to move over smoothly Correct
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C.
Maintain speed and expect merging drivers to yield
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D.
Move into the ending right lane to hold your place
The answer is "Allow the merging drivers to move over smoothly"
The manual tells the left-lane driver to allow merging vehicles in smoothly, not to defend the lane. C reads like the highway on-ramp rule, where entering traffic yields to through traffic, but a lane reduction reverses that courtesy and puts the accommodating role on the left-lane driver.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Speed up to clear the merge area ahead of them
The manual asks for a smooth merge, not a race to the pinch point. This answer falls back on the lane-defense habit of accelerating to close a gap before a merging driver can slot in, treating the pinch point as a competition rather than the shared handoff the manual describes.
C. Maintain speed and expect merging drivers to yield
The manual puts the accommodating role on the left-lane driver, not the merging driver. This answer applies the highway on-ramp rule, where entering traffic yields to through traffic, to a lane reduction, where the manual reverses that courtesy and asks the left-lane driver to make room.
D. Move into the ending right lane to hold your place
Moving into a lane that is about to disappear defeats the purpose of the warning. This answer overreads the 'keep right when possible' habit as a command to occupy the ending lane, missing that this lane terminates and there is no place left to hold.
This question tests your knowledge of Lane Changes & Merging in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Warning Signs: Reduction of Lanes," p.49..
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